Mary Coday Edwards

Mary Coday Edwards hails from a small town in northern Nebraska, eventually moving to Lincoln and graduating high school from Lincoln High. She completed a BS from the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Engineering Technology.

Before becoming an award-winning and internationally published author, Mary Coday Edwards was a project manager on multi-million-dollar construction projects in the US and continued in this field when her family moved to Peshawar, Pakistan, where she was a consultant for post-conflict reconstruction projects in Afghanistan. A trailing spouse, she traveled the world with her family through her husband’s employment with CBM, a nonprofit headquartered in Germany. Her writing skills landed her jobs with international, English daily print newspapers, The Jakarta Post and The News, in Indonesia and Mexico, respectively. With her MA in Environmental Studies from Boston University, her articles and op-ed pieces on local and global environmental issues were published internationally.

The many countries she has lived in—Pakistan, Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Mexico—provided her with the opportunities to pursue spirituality as expressed through the various worldviews she encountered. Mary took post-graduate studies in theological ethics from the University of South Africa, focusing on Ecological Justice: how to keep both the human species and the natural environment flourishing. Upon returning to the US after living abroad for almost twenty years, she became a nonsectarian spiritual growth facilitator and ordained minister through People House, a center for spiritual and personal growth based in Denver, Colorado. She’s been a regular blogger for People House for six years.

With her husband Mike, Mary divides her time between Tucson and Flagstaff, Arizona, within easy driving distance to their two adult sons and their families.

Places Lived

Nebraska, USA
Arizona, USA
Pakistan
Indonesia
Kenya
Tanzania
Mexico

Author Of

Journalism
Nonfiction

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha NE
Master of Arts in Environmental Studies, Boston University, Boston MA
Post-graduate studies in Theological Ethics, University of South Africa

Places Worked

The Jakarta Post
The News

Associations

People House, Denver CO

Bibliography

To Travel Well, Travel Light. 2022.

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